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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Henry's description of Marlowe?
(a) Nothing but a skull perforated by two deep sockets
(b) The living epitome of Ickabod Crane
(c) A scarecrow in a cornfield
(d) A broomstick wearing clothes

2. Where does Henry stay warm on a cold Easter morning?
(a) In Eglise Ste.-Clotilde
(b) In the hotel lobby
(c) In the Dome
(d) In bed

3. If Emerson is correct in saying that life consists of what a man thinks, what is Henry at this point?
(a) A wine bottle
(b) A satyr
(c) No words on a blank page
(d) One long intestine

4. What does Henry buy with the money he takes from Peckover?
(a) An American breakfast
(b) Coffee and a croissant
(c) A cheap bottle of wine
(d) A dozen eggs

5. How does Henry picture Serge's lazy slut of a wife?
(a) As a would-be writer with no talent.
(b) As an emaciated American woman with no ambition.
(c) As an intelligent, hard working American woman.
(d) As a fat American lying on the sofa eating bon bons.

6. How does Henry describe Elsa's piano playing?
(a) Like divine music
(b) Like an out of tune organ
(c) Like wind howling through the trees
(d) Like broken pots and skulls clanking

7. At the Villa Borghese, what is the Englishman doing upstairs?
(a) Cooking stew
(b) Playing Bach
(c) Tap dancing
(d) Hammering nails

8. What is Henry's derogatory name for the Indian, Nanantatee?
(a) Mr. Manatee
(b) Mr. Nonentity
(c) Mr. Na-na-tatee
(d) Mr. Not a Tree

9. What happens in Henry's head as Moldorf reads the letter from Fanny, his wife in America?
(a) He thinks about his own wife, Mona
(b) One of his surrealist fantasies
(c) He daydreams of flying to America
(d) He gets a migraine

10. How does Kelpi make his living?
(a) Delivering messages.
(b) Collecting bottles for recycling.
(c) Picking tourists' pockets.
(d) Guiding tourists to places where he gets a commission.

11. What emotion does Claude arouse in Henry?
(a) Indifference
(b) Pity
(c) Hate
(d) Lust

12. Where has Henry taken the young Hindu for his sexual experience?
(a) To visit Tania
(b) The Rue du Pasteru-Wagner
(c) Miss Hamilton's joint
(d) The Dome

13. What does Nanantatee's friend, Kelpi, do when Nanantatee is not at home?
(a) He sits on the front steps and waits for him.
(b) He tells Henry secrets about Nanantatee.
(c) He raids the cabinet for food.
(d) He looks for loose change in the sofa.

14. Who does Henry believe is undermining him during the last days in Villa Borghese?
(a) Mona, his wife
(b) Fanny, Moldorf's wife
(c) Tania, Sylverster's wife
(d) Elsa, the maid

15. How does Henry slightly disagree with Papini?
(a) Papini advises fasting; Henry advises feating.
(b) Papini flirts with religion; Henry refutes religion.
(c) Papini needs opera; Henry prefers musical comedy.
(d) Papini desires to be alone; Henry wants loneliness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are most of Henry's friends in Paris?

2. How do the commune people get money for food?

3. Where is Henry staying as the novel opens?

4. Sleeping on a mattress in the hall, what is Henry's troubled dream?

5. What does Henry imagine is the value of the ring he tries to pawn?

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